The past few days (or probably weeks), I had discussions with some of the closest people to me on the importance of ensuring that we do the right thing in whatever we do.
Along the discussion, I was introduced to the term “Moral Compass”, which I found to be an accurate way of summarizing this fundamental act of doing the right thing.
If I were to summarize the concept of moral compass in my own words:
If your decision fits well and is in the right direction of your moral compass, then you are probably on the right track.
However, if you have a weak moral compass, doing a wrong thing will be easy and natural to you – which is the root cause to most of the problems in the world today.
Interestingly, during the closing of Dr. Sohail Hanif’s session today, he provided two pointers that helps put into perspective and flashes out the importance of practicing the right moral compass in our everyday lives:
- No one can outsource moral responsibility
- No one can avoid having to constantly make moral choices – this is what it means to be human
In conclusion, Islam represents and calls for us to be morally right, and in our pursuit to achieve this, we need to first put in our best effort in trying to do the right thing – even if it is difficult.
